RESTART Communities Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8238 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8238 To direct the Secretary of Commerce and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide for collaboration between the Economic Development Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency to promote economic revitalization efforts of environmentally contaminated sites, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 9, 2026 Ms. Stevens (for herself and Mr. Mrvan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Secretary of Commerce and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide for collaboration between the Economic Development Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency to promote economic revitalization efforts of environmentally contaminated sites, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Revitalization Efforts for Sustainable Transformation And Remediation for Thriving Communities Act of 2026'' or the ``RESTART Communities Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REVITALIZATION COORDINATION. (a) In General.--The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development (in this Act referred to as the ``Assistant Secretary''),